Which budget gaming pc for sons xmas present?

[Edmundo2]

Hi.

My son is 10 and getting into gaming and needs to move on from his witch. He wants a PC that he can use for gaming but also other stuff inc school work, ( that bit piss a decot to persuade us to go along with it! ).

I know bugger all about this stuff so could do with some advice re what to buy. Ideally just need the PC as have a monitor and keyboard.

So, if anyone could advise best options ideally under £500 I'd be grateful.

If you could explain reasons why and where to source that would also be handy.

Cheers, Ed

[x5tuu]

Going to depend what sort of games he is looking to get into

Clearly Minecraft / Roblox / etc are much less intensive than say a flight sim

[HRL]

Sadly I think your timing couldn’t be much worse. Prices of PC components have never been higher at present.

You might be able to find a gaming PC for under £500 but it won’t be very good. Possibly look at second-hand for that budget.

[Edmundo2]

Ok cheers. Are there any reputable traders of used stuff that check it's all as it should be/tested/prepped etc..?

Cheers

[R4m]

https://www.ukgamingcomputers.co.uk/metis-custom-g...

Assuming your monitor is 1080p, that might just get away with being acceptable as apparently can run fortnite at 50fps... I can't say I've ever used this site before though.

[driver67]

Have a look here also :-

https://microdream.co.uk/desktop-pc/gaming-pcs.htm...

[Edmundo2]

Thanks both!